Robert Owen and Malcolm Sandford of JCB Powertrain with Stephen Crabb MP.

Minister marks JCB milestone
Wrexham, United Kingdom
JCB Transmissions has marked a major manufacturing milestone - the production of its two millionth powertrain.
The company was set up in 1978 with fewer than a dozen employees in a single factory on the Wrexham Industrial Estate. JCB Transmissions now employs more than 400 people in two plants, one manufacturing gear boxes and the other axles.
Stephen Crabb MP, secretary of state for Wales, marked the milestone with a visit.
Over the past 37 years, the company has become the main supplier of axles and gear boxes for JCB.

Jungheinrich supports research
Munich, Germany
Jungheinrich has donated two industrial trucks - an EFG 220 electric counterbalance truck and an EJC 112 electric pedestrian-controlled forklift - to the Institute for Materials Handling, Material Flow and Logistics (fml) at the Technical University of Munich.
Both vehicles were customised to match the requirements of the research institute, including power connections specially adapted to the stackers. "These were necessary so the appropriate measuring equipment could be connected and operated for research purposes," explained Prof Dr.-Ing. Willibald Günthner from TU Munich, who accepted the donation on behalf of fml Institute. The EFG 220 was additionally equipped with a special assistance system from the TBM Hightech Control company.